modules:
  - module: github.com/gin-gonic/gin
    versions:
      - fixed: 1.7.7
    vulnerable_at: 1.7.6
    packages:
      - package: github.com/gin-gonic/gin
        symbols:
          - Context.ClientIP
          - Context.RemoteIP
        derived_symbols:
          - Context.Next
          - Engine.HandleContext
          - Engine.Run
          - Engine.RunFd
          - Engine.RunListener
          - Engine.RunTLS
          - Engine.RunUnix
          - Engine.ServeHTTP
description: |
    Due to improper HTTP header santization, a malicious user can spoof their
    source IP address by setting the X-Forwarded-For header. This may allow
    a user to bypass IP based restrictions, or obfuscate their true source.
published: 2021-04-14T20:04:52Z
cves:
  - CVE-2020-28483
ghsas:
  - GHSA-h395-qcrw-5vmq
credit: '@sorenisanerd'
references:
  - report: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/issues/2862
  - report: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/issues/2473
  - report: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/issues/2232
  - fix: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2844
  - fix: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/commit/5929d521715610c9dd14898ebbe1d188d5de8937
  - fix: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2632
  - fix: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/commit/bfc8ca285eb46dad60e037d57c545cd260636711
  - fix: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2675
  - fix: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/commit/03e5e05ae089bc989f1ca41841f05504d29e3fd9
  - web: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2474